Case law

Commonwealth v. Harvey

397 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1986

Dayton further testified that, instead of driving him to the station, the defendant drove to a dark area (later identified as the Brown and Ferris Industries’ reclamation yards in East Cambridge [BFI]) where he stopped the … See Baker v. Lawrence, 379 Mass. 322, 330-332 (1979). See also Slochower v. Board of Educ., 350 U.S. 551 (1956). The defendant did not claim any privilege, or voice any objection; rather, he cooperated voluntarily.

Patricia I. Drury v. Board of Assessors of Templeton.

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 5, 2023

v. Assessors of Boston, 458 Mass. 715, 717 (2011). The board determined that the taxpayer "offered no evidence to establish that the assessed value of the subject property was excessive." … Partnership v. Assessors of Montague, 54 Mass. App. Ct. 732, 736 (2002).

Bank at Hamburg v. Flynn

38 F. 798 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · May 1, 1889

Nor can it be said that Brown, Shipley & Co. or Brown Bros. & Co. are bona fide holders for value of these drafts, and that the defendants get a good title through them. … Drummond v. Prestman, 12 Wheat. 515 . The drafts in question have been deposited with the clerk by the defendants Catherine J. Flynn and John M. Flynn, to be held subject to the order of the court.

Ellis v. Varney

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 394 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 9, 2004

Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 846 (2000). … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass, at 843 n.5; Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., 424 Mass, at 523.

Oakes v. Oakes

266 Mass. 150 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1929

Even where there is a contract between the husband and wife with a trustee, as in Kerr v. Kerr, 236 Mass. 353 , the power and duty of the court are not taken away by such an agreement. … Southworth v. Treadwell, 168 Mass. 511 . Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415 . Decree affirmed.

Thompson & Norris Co. v. Moxie Nerve Food Co.

189 F. 911 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Aug 8, 1911

BROWN, District Judge. The bill charges infringement of letters patent No. 674,009, May 14, 1901, to C. W. Lewis, for a knockdown paper box. The claims are as follows: *912 “1. … The following decisions concerning paper box patents are cited by complainant: National Folding Box & Paper Co. v. Elsas, 86 Fed. 917 , 30 C. C. A. 487 ; Whitney v. Gair (C.

Jansson v. Swedish American Line

89 F. Supp. 557 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 31, 1950

Gerli & Co., Inc., v. Cunard S. S. Co. Ltd., 2 Cir., 48 F.2d 115 ; Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. Rivers, 2 Cir., 211 F. 294 ; Parrot v. … Smith v. Brown, 302 Mass. 432 , 19 N.E.2d 732 ; Eastern Offices, Inc., v. P. F. O’Keefe Advertising Agency, Inc., 289 Mass. 23 , 193 N.E. 837 . It is not necessary that the foreign law should be pleaded. Richards v.

Commonwealth v. Clermy

421 Mass. 325 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 1995

The troopers first observed the defendant sitting on the steps of a boarded-up building which had been condemned by the city of Brockton and was known to police as a “crack house.” … The trooper reached inside the defendant’s pants and retrieved a three-inch opaque brown plastic bottle for prescription medicine, covered with a white cap.

Commonwealth v. Follansbee

155 Mass. 274 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1892

Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69 . The first and third requests for instructions were properly refused, and there was no error in the instructions given. 5. … Commonwealth v. Wood, 11 Gray, 85 . Commonwealth v. Boynton, 116 Mass. 343 . Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69 . The fifth request for instructions was properly refused. 6.

Spring v. Haskell

80 Mass. 309 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1859

Stinson v. Wyman, Daveis, 175. … Brown v. Wilkinson, 15 M. & W. 391.

McKinley v. Afram Lines (USA) Co., Ltd.

834 F. Supp. 510 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 24, 1993

. *512 BACKGROUND This action arises out of personal injuries incurred by plaintiff during an altercation occurring on July 26, 1991, on board the S.S. Tampa Bay. … The Chief Steward apprised plaintiff “that Guiher was drunk and abusive in the crew’s mess and had assaulted” another member of the crew, Able Seaman Brown (“Brown”). (Docket Entry # 13, Ex. C).

LYNN ALLEGAERT & others v. HARBOR VIEW HOTEL OWNER LLC & others (and a companion case ).

100 Mass. App. Ct. 483 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 17, 2021

See Zuckerman v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Greenfield, 394 Mass. 663, 669 (1985). Accord Fifield v. Board of Zoning Appeal of Cambridge, 450 Mass. 1001, 1002 (2007). … Ct. 12, 17 (2007), quoting Bonan v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 21 Mass. App.

Building Commissioner v. C. & H. Co.

319 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1946

MacCormac v. Flynn, 313 Mass. 547, 550 . Carroll v. Hinchley, 316 Mass. 724, 731 . J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 321 U. S. 332, 341 . … See Vorenberg v. Bunnell, 257 Mass. 399, 408 ; Jenney v. Hynes, 282 Mass. 182, 194 ; Brackett v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass, 52, 57. Judgment affirmed.

Harlow v. Bd. of Assessors of Kingston

93 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 11, 2018

Monahan v. Washburn , 400 Mass. 126 , 128 (1987). … The board was not, of course, required to credit the taxpayers' naked assertion, see Kennametal, Inc. v.

Swift v. Bennett

64 Mass. 436 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

Conn v. Coburn, 7 N. Hamp. 368. … Ev. §§ 115, 116; Earle v. Reed, 10 Met. 387 , 391. Rindge v. Breck, ante, 43. Exceptions overruled.

Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives

337 Mass. 777 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1958

See Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 164-170 ; Kidder v. Mayor of Cambridge, 304 Mass. 491, 495 . The" organizations referred to in the resolve are unofficial and voluntary. … See Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 25 ; State v. Schorr, 45 Del. 18, 25 . To question 3 we answer, “No.”

Deterra v. America West Airlines, Inc.

226 F. Supp. 2d 298 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 4, 2002

Fitch v. … Ash, supra, and Alexander v.

City of Boston v. Ditson

4 Mass. App. Ct. 323 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 28, 1976

Justice Powell offered the standing requirement of Brown v. United States, 411 U. S. 223 (1973), and Alder *332 man v. United States, 394 U. S. 165 (1969), as an example of the balancing process. 414 U. S. at 338 . … The Charge for Repairing and Boarding Up the House With regard to the charge for repairing and boarding up the house on the locus after it had been largely destroyed by fire, the judge made findings to the following effect

Commonwealth v. Morales

453 Mass. 40 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 2009

The defendant was convicted of the deliberately premeditated murder of Daylan Shepard, the assault by means of a dangerous weapon of Travis Brown, the armed assault with intent to murder Travis Brown, and unlawful possession … Brown saw a flash and heard a shot coming from the direction of the two men. He and Shepard turned and ran. Brown then heard about six more shots. As they ran through some backyards Shepard said he had been shot.

Care & Protection of Charles

399 Mass. 324 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1987

Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 493 (1954). Attorney Gen. v. Bailey, 386 Mass. 367, 377 , cert. denied, 459 U.S. 970 (1982). … Board of Educ. v. Boston, 386 Mass. 103, 108 (1982), quoting School Comm. of Burlington v. Burlington Educators Ass’n, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 41, 46 (1979).